Keywords: US Navy 060114-N-0191T-201 Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17) man the ship, officially bringing her to life, during her commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside.jpg en Ingleside Texas Jan 14 2006 - Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio LPD 17 man the ship officially bringing her to life during her commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside Under Navy tradition Sailors charge aboard the ship and man the rails signifying ownership As the first in her class USS San Antonio LPD 17 represents a key element of the Navy s seabase transformation Collectively San Antonio-class will functionally replace over 41 ships LPD 4 LSD 36 LKA 113 and LST 1179 classes of amphibious ships providing the Navy and Marine Corps with modern seabased platforms that are networked survivable and built to operate with 21st century transformational platforms such as the MV-22 Osprey the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle EFV and future means by which Marines are delivered ashore U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Anthony C Tornetta RELEASED 2006-01-14 060114-N-0191T-201 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 31233 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Anthony C Tornetta PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS San Antonio LPD-17 Manning the rail in the United States Navy |